Long-term prevention for moderate to severe asthma.

AirFluSal is an inhaler used daily to help you control your asthma symptoms. It contains two active ingredients: one relaxes your airways and the other soothes inflammation in your lungs, meaning you can breathe easier.
Speak to us about your health, and our experts can recommend the asthma treatment that’s right for you. When you buy AirFluSal online with us, our clinicians will keep in touch to offer expert advice and make sure your treatment is going well.
AirFluSal is a preventative asthma inhaler, containing two active ingredients: a long-acting bronchodilator called salmeterol relaxes your airways, and a corticosteroid called fluticasone propionate helps reduce inflammation in your lungs. The two ingredients work together to relieve your day-to-day symptoms, and reduce your risk of suffering an asthma attack.
When you breathe in a dose of AirFluSal, its two active ingredients get to work to help reduce your asthma symptoms. The bronchodilator salmeterol widens your airways, allowing you to breathe more easily. Additionally, this makes the second active ingredient, the corticosteroid fluticasone propionate, more effective. Fluticasone propionate targets and lowers your body’s production of chemicals that cause inflammation, reducing swelling in your lungs.
In combination, these treatments ease your breathing and reduce swelling and irritation. Salmeterol provides ongoing relief from the symptoms of asthma, while fluticasone works on preventing them in the long-term.
AirFluSal inhalers come in the following strengths to help tackle different severities of asthma.
The lowest dose is called AirFluSal MDI, and provides 25 micrograms of salmeterol and 125 micrograms of fluticasone propionate. A bigger dose of AirFluSal MDI containing 50mcg of salmeterol and 250mcg of fluticasone propionate is also available for more moderate cases. The largest dose is called AirFluSal Forspiro, delivering 50mcg of salmeterol and 500mcg of fluticasone propionate for severe cases of asthma. You’ll typically have two puffs of your inhaler a day, regardless of dosage.
AirFluSal is not available in doses lower than 25mcg of salmeterol and 125mcg of fluticasone propionate. You should always take the lowest dose of corticosteroids that keeps your asthma symptoms under control, and move down to a lower dose when appropriate. Our clinicians will keep an eye on your treatment, and advise you on which inhaler and dose is right for you – just fill out a consultation to get started.
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AirFluSal comes in two different inhalers, and how you take it will depend on which one you’re using.
Before using your AirFluSal inhaler for the first time, you should make sure it is working correctly.
To take AirFluSal MDI:
AirFluSal Forspiro, the largest dose of AirFluSal, comes in an inhaler that works a little differently. It contains a coiled foil strip that holds your medicine, and used sections of strip must be removed in between doses.
Before using your inhaler, you should check the side chamber for used foil strips. There should never be more than two sections of foil strip in the chamber, or the inhaler could jam. If there's a strip in the chamber, open the transparent door and carefully tear it away using the teeth provided. Make sure not to pull or tug at the strip.
To take AirFluSal Forspiro:
The different active ingredients in your AirFluSal inhaler will provide you with relief in the short and long-term, however you will still need to keep a reliever inhaler to hand in case you get sudden asthma symptoms. Salmeterol will get to work straight away to relax and widen your airways; you’ll usually feel its effects within 10-20 minutes. This gives you relief for up to 12 hours. But, again, if you’re short of breath in the moment, you’ll still need to take your fast-acting reliever inhaler.
Meanwhile, fluticasone will start to reduce the inflammation in your lungs. It’ll usually take between three and seven days for you to notice the benefits. You should find yourself wheezing and short of breath less often. If your shortness of breath and wheezing does not improve after a week of use, you should contact your doctor.
You should only ever take your treatment as prescribed by your clinician. If you miss a dose, take your AirFluSal as soon as you remember. If it’s almost time to take your next dose, skip the missed dose and wait for your next one. You shouldn’t take a double dose to make up for missed doses, as this can increase the risk of side effects.
Accidentally taking too much AirFluSal at once is unlikely to be serious, especially if it’s a one-off. If you’re concerned, speak to your doctor or seek medical attention.
How we source info.
When we present you with stats, data, opinion or a consensus, we’ll tell you where this came from. And we’ll only present data as clinically reliable if it’s come from a reputable source, such as a state or government-funded health body, a peer-reviewed medical journal, or a recognised analytics or data body. Read more in our editorial policy.
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AirFluSal MDI 25 microgram/125 microgram per actuation pressurised inhalation, suspension.
‘Comparative Analysis of Persistence to Treatment among Patients with Asthma or COPD Receiving AirFluSal Forspiro or Seretide Diskus Salmeterol/Fluticasone PropionateCombination Therapy’, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, vol. 4, no. 5.
‘Effectiveness of Fluticasone Propionate in Patients with Moderate Asthma: A Dose Ranging Study. Clin Ther., vol. 18, no. 4. pp. 635-646.
‘Asthma Control During Long Term Treatment with Regular Inhaled Salbutamol and Salmeterol’ Thorax vol. 53, no. 9. Pp. 744-752.
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